Creating the Perfect Cocktail – The Daiquiri Featuring Plantation 3 Stars Rum
Oct02

Creating the Perfect Cocktail – The Daiquiri Featuring Plantation 3 Stars Rum

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One of the easiest-to-answer questions that people often throw my way is “What is your favorite cocktail?” As the owner of this beach bar blog and my more localized blog Hooch and Nosh, the assumption is that I enjoy cocktails. That assumption would be correct. The beach bar lifestyle can certainly be enjoyed sans alcohol. For someone who “researches” them, though, that’s not really an option. Rum is such an integral part of the day...

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Instagram Monday – Pet Friendly Beaches and a Bear From Tokyo Lounging on the Beach
Aug10

Instagram Monday – Pet Friendly Beaches and a Bear From Tokyo Lounging on the Beach

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From Bodrum to Belize to Barbados to the beaches of Florida, this week’s virtual beach bar extravaganza features travel inspiration consisting of a lot of rum, beer, pet friendly beaches in Florida where you can get your drink on and let Fido run loose and a Disney bear all the way from Tokyo chilling out on the beaches of Ambegris Caye. Some of our favorite bloggers are featured in this week’s post, including Instagram user...

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Getting My Stiggins’ Fancy on With a Ginger Infused Pineapple Daiquiri
Jul16

Getting My Stiggins’ Fancy on With a Ginger Infused Pineapple Daiquiri

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Knowing people in the spirits business (liquid spirits, not the ghostly kind) can certainly have its benefits and when a couple bottles of the new Pineapple Rum Stiggins’ Fancy from Plantation Rum showed up at my doorstep, it pretty much made my week.  You see, no other bar in our state had it yet there it was sitting in Beach Bar Bums HQ just begging to be used in a daiquiri. I had originally asked for a bottle of Plantation’s 3...

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Thirsty Thursday – Plantation Rum Lemon Daiquiri
Jul02

Thirsty Thursday – Plantation Rum Lemon Daiquiri

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I found this Plantation Rum recipe for a lemon daiquiri on Flickr the other day and seeing as how a Plantation Rum 3 Stars Daiquiri is my go to cocktail at my go to bar and any other bar that carries it, the recipe intrigued me. Plus, it was a really cool picture of the drink and those always grab my attention. “Ooooh, pretty picture!” The recipe is simple and consists of the following: 2 oz. Plantation Barbados 5 Year Old...

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Finding the Perfect Rum for the Perfect Daiquiri
May14

Finding the Perfect Rum for the Perfect Daiquiri

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I’ve been getting into daiquiris lately, even as my gin obsession slowly nudges vodka out of the frame as my spirit of choice when I’m out and about. Avoiding rum as a beach bar/Caribbean blogger is impossible so while gin and vodka continue to battle it out for supremacy amongst my taste buds, I’ll sit back, relax and try to find the best rum possible to go with my latest cocktail compulsion – daiquiris. When...

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